Motel and the like room arrangement



0st. 17, 1967 K. s. PARRISH 3,346,997

MOTEL AND THE LIKE ROOM ARRANGEMENT Filed April 28, 1965 BY @im a:ATTORNEYS.

United States Patent 3,346,997 MOTEL AND THE LIKE RGM ARRANGEMENT KermitS. Parrish, Winston-Salem, N.C., assignor to Butler Enterprises, Inc.,Winston-Salem, N.C., a corporation of North Carolina Iiied Apr. 28,1965, Ser. No. 456,021 6 Claims. (Cl. 'S2- 34) ABSTRACT 0F THEDISCLGSURE A building structure, particularly suited for a motel, hasoutside walls and interior partitions so arranged as to dene alternatelyreversed T-shaped occupancy unit sections, alternate sections beingadapted for d-ouble occupancy and intervening sections each comprisingtwo living quarter units separated yfrom one another. The ends of thestems of the Ts of alternate sections form parts of the front wall ofthe building. The crosses of the Ts of the intervening sections areclosed opposite the stems of those Ts by the building front wall, andthe intervening sections are divided into two living quarter units bypartitions extending between the building front and rear walls.

This invention relates to a room arrangement for a building,particularly to such an arrangement for a motel or the like.

An important object of the invention is to provide a novel arrangementof walls and partitions in a motel or like building which is economicalto build and which pro` vides one and two-room living quarters, andwherein the building is rectangular.l

A further object is to provide such a novel arrangement having livingquarters of either one or two-bedrooms arid baths, and wherein thesingle unit living quarters are arranged in pairs with two-room unitsarranged between such pairs, the remote walls of the pairs of singleroom units forming walls or partitions of the adjacent two-room units.

A further object is to provide a building of the type referred to madeup of alternately reversed T-shaped sections, alternate such sectionsforming two-bedroom units and the intervening sections each beingpartitioned through the middle to form a pair of adjacent single bedroomunits.

A further object is to provide such a motel arrangement wherein all ofthe units have entrance doors through the front wall of the building,such front wall being straight continuously from end to end of thebuilding, the doors for the two-bedroom units opening through the endWalls of the the T-shaped sections remote from the crosses of the Ts,and the entrance doors for the single bedroom units opening through thewalls of the Ts remote from the stem portions thereof.

A further object is to provide a room arrangement of the type referredto wherein the entrance door of each two-bedroom unit opens to a livingroom screened from the bathroom unit by a divider, the doors of thesingle room units opening directly into the bedrooms thereof.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparentduring the course of the following description.

3,346,997 Patented Oct. 17, 1967 In the drawing I have shown twoembodiments of the invention. In this showing:

FIGURE 1A is a oor plan of a motel building containing four singlebedroom units and two two-bedroom units and,

FIGURE 1B is a partial oor plan showing how one end of the building maybe extended to include an extra room such as a linen or storage room.

Referring to FIGURE 1A, the numeral 10 designates a motel or the likebuilding as a whole having a front wall indicated as a whole by thenumeral 11 and a rear wall indicated as a whole by the numeral 12. Thebuilding includes end walls 13 and 14, but it will be noted that thelatter wall is shown broken away by dot and dash lines to indicate thatthe building may be extended at the right as viewed in FIGURE 1A toinclude any number of repetitions of the units shown in FIGURE 1A.

The building is rectangular as shown in FIGURE 1A, each front and rearWall being straight and continuous from end to end without bays orprojections of any kind, thus providing for a structure which can beeconomically built. The building includes any desired number of T-shaped sections 16 and intervening sections indicated as a whole by thenumeral 17, also T-shaped as shown in FIGURE 1A. Alternate T-.shapedsections are reversed with respect to each other so that the crossportions of the Ts of the units 16 are at the rear of the building whilesimilar portions of the units 17 are at the front of the building.

Successive sections 16 and 17 are separated by partitions 20 and 21`having parallel portions 22 toward the front of the building deningthere-between living areas 23 for the two-bedroom sections 16. Thepartitions 2? and 21, at the rear ends of portions 22, extend away fromeach other in aligned partition portions 24, then rearwardly in parallelportions 25 joining the rear wall 12. The wall or partition portions 24and 25 and rear wall 12 enclose the end portions of the two bedrooms 26of the two-room sections 16.

Between the two bedrooms 26 of each of the two-room sections arearranged spaced parallel walls 30 defining la' bathroom area, furtherdescribed below, the front ends of the walls 30 terminating in spacedrelation to the wall portions 24 and having extended wing portions 31defining entrance ways 32 between the living area 23 and bedrooms 26.

In the two-bedroom units the bathroom is provided with a front waill orpartition 35 and a connecting wall 36 extends from the wall 35 to therear building wall 12 to form a toilet area 37 and a bathing area 38,the latter area being defined by a short Wall 39 to form a front areahaving a seat 40 and a rear area having a bathtub 41. Access to thetoilet and bathing areas from a forward recess 42 is had respectivelythrough doors 43 and 44. In the recess 42l is arranged a wash basin unit45 fixed to the wall 35.

The basin unit 45 of each twobedroom unit is substantially hidden fromthe living area by a divider 48 preferably aligned with the wallportions 24 and spaced at its ends from the wall portions 22 to providepassages 49 from the living area 23 to the bedrooms 26 or to thebathroom unit. The divider 48 may act not only as a screen in the mannerreferred to but may serve other utilitarian purposes. For example,forwardly of each partition 48 may be arranged a table or cabinet on thetop of which may be arranged a television set and below the top of thetable or cabinet may be arranged a refrigerator. Such units of coursehave not been shown and are a matter of choice forming no part of thepresent invention.

The T-shaped section or sections 17 may be divided from `the front tothe back of the building by partition 55. This partition together withthe wall portions 22 and 24 define single bedrooms 56.` From eachbedroom 56, a hallway 57 leads rearwardly of the building between theadjacent wall portions 25 and spaced parallel walls 58 connected by atransverse wall 59. Rearwardly of the wall 59 on opposite sides of thewall 55 are formed toilet units 60 having access doors 51. A transversewall 62 forms with the walls 58 and 59, bathtub units 63 for the twosingle bedroom units. Forwardly of the Wall 62 and on opposite sides ofthe wall 55 are arranged Wash basins 64, one for each bedroom 56.

At each end of the building is formed an L-shaped unit 63 whichcorresponds to one-half of a unit 17 as divided by the wall 55, thusproviding at each end of the building a single bedroom unit. Each suchunit corresponds to one of the bedroom units of section 17 and the partsthereof are referred to by the same numerals as the single bedroom unitsof section 17.

Along the forward wall 11 of the building is a concrete walk 70.,Anentrance door 71 opens from the walk 70 directly to each bedroom of eachsingle bedroom unit. Access to the living areas 23 of the two-bedroomunits is through doors 72. The doors 71 open through the building walvlportions corresponding to the crosses of the T- shaped units remote fromthe stem portions thereof, while the doors 72 open through the wallportions ofthe stems of the Ts of the units 16 remote from the walls ofthe crosses of the Ts formed by the rear wall 12. The wall portions 55between the bedrooms 56 of single bedroom units are provided with doors75. These doors may be kept locked, or may be unlocked in the eventoccupants of adjacent bedrooms S6 desire these rooms to communicate witheach other. Similarly, the wall portions 22 forming partition portionsfor the 'units 68 may be provided with doors 76 which normally would belocked, but which may be unlocked so that the units 68 may communicatewith the adjacent units 16.

In FIGURE 1B there are shown several rooms of a motel at one endthereof, most of the elements of which correspond to the elements ofFIGURE 1A and vhave been indicated by the same numerals. FIGURE 1Bindicates how the building may be extended by adding on to the front andrear walls 11 and 12 and connecting them by an end wall 80 to define aroom 81 for any utilitarian purpose such as a store `room or linen room.This room is provided with an access door 82 and has a front window 83corresponding to the front windows 84 of the individual living unitsthroughout the length of the building, thus preserving the appearance ofthe building. All of the bedrooms 26, of course, will be provided withrear windows 85, and the toilet units 37 and 60 will be similarlyprovided with rear windows 86.

The arrangement is such that the building may be added to at either end.For example, if it is desired to extend the building beyond the end wall13 in FIGURE 1A, another of the one-bedroom units, similar to the leftkhand single bedroom unit of section 17 shown, may be built on, in whichcase the end wall 13 will provide a divider for such new one-bedroomunit and the unit 68, the wall 13 then functioning as one of thepartitions 55. Beyond the added one-bedroom unit, another unit 16 may beadded, and the T-shaped units may be duplicated to whatever extentdesired, the new end of the building then being preferably closed in byone of the units 68 to preserve the rectangular shape of the building.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that the outside walls of themotel define a rectangle without bays, breaks or projections, thusproviding for economy in. construction. Except for the end units 68, thebuilding is made up of T-shaped sections alternately reversed to securetheA novel arrangement of rooms shown and described. The

T-shaped sections are preferably identical in dimensons.

the units, while the partitions 20 are common to the units on oppositesides thereof and define the T-shapes of the various sections. Thepartitions 55 divide the sections 17 to provide single-bedroom units andone such unit is duplicated at each end of the building as at 68 topreserve the resultant rectangular shape of the building. Thus-it willbe apparent that a highly efficient arrangement of room areas isprovided with all of the entrances through the front wall of thebuilding. The dividers 48 for the twobedroom units effectively screenthe basins 45 from view from the living areas and provide for thesupporting of utilitarian units of the type referred to, for example,tables, cabinets and the like.

The construction disclosed embodies the invention in a preferred form,but it is intended that the disclosure be illustrative rather thandefinitive, the invention being defined in the claims.

I claim:

1. A motel or like structure comprising front and rear walls, andpartitions extending between said walls and cooperating therewith toform alternately reversed T- shaped sections, each of said T-shapedsections having a stern and a cross, alternate sections having the endsof the stems of the` Ts forming a part of said front wall, the

crosses of the Ts of lthe intervening sections being closed` partitionsextending between said walls and cooperating therewith to formalternately reversed T-shaped sections,y each of said T-shaped sectionshaving a stem and a cross,

the end portions ofthe cross of the Ts of alternate sections definingtwo bedrooms, the stems of the Ts of such alternate sections beingclosed by said front wall and forming with adjacent portions of theadjacent partitions a living area, the crosses of the Ts of theintervening sections remote fromv the stems thereof being closed -bysaid front wall, and partitions dividing intervening sections centrallyof the width thereof between said front and rear walls whereby thecrosses of the Ts of said intervening sections form single bedrooms, anddoors opening through sai-d front wall into said single bedrooms andsaid living areas.

3. A building according to claim 2 provided with toilet and bathingfacilities on opposite sides of each partition which divides saidintervening sections, and closure walls for said facilities on oppositesides of said dividing parttion, such closure walls being spaced fromthe adjacent portions of said first named. partitions to form hallwayscommunicating with the respective single bedrooms.

4. A building according to claim 2 provided with spaced walls within thecrosses of the Ts of said alternate sections, and toiletand bathingfacilities between said spaced walls.

5. A building according to claim 2 provided with spaced walls within thecrosses of the 'Ps of said alternate sections, toilet and bathingfacilities between said spaced walls, and a divider arranged betweensaid toilet and bathing facilities and said living area to screen saidtoilet and bathing facilities from View from said living area.

6. A motel or like building having frontand rear walls, partitionsextending between said walls and cooperating therewith to formalternately reversed T-shaped sections, each of said T-shaped sectionshaving a stem and a cross,

the end portions of the cross of the Ts of alternate sections dening tWobedrooms, the stems of the Ts of such alternate sections being closed bysaid front wall and forming with adjacent portions 0f the adjacentpartitions a living area, the crosses of the Ts of the intervening sections remote from the stems thereof being closed by said front Wall, anda partition dividing each intervening section centrally of the Widththereof between said front and rear Walls to from a pair of L-shapedliving units, and an L-shaped living unit at each end of the building,each such end L-shaped unit being defined by the adjacent end Wall, bythe adjacent portions of the front and rear Walls and by the adjacentone of said rst named partitions.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,837,152 12/1931 Ellsworth52-237 FOREIGN PATENTS 855,612 1940 France. 1,185,107 1959 France.525,429 1955 Italy.

JOHN E. MURTAGH, Primary Examiner.

6. A MOTEL OR LIKE BUILDING HAVING FRONT AND REAR WALLS, PARTITIONSEXTENDING BETWEEN WALLS AND COOPERATING THEREWITH TO FORM ALTERNATELYREVERSED T-SHAPED SECTIONS EACH OF SAID T-SHAPED SECTIONS HAVING A STEMAND A CROSS, THE END PORTIONS OF THE CROSS OF THE T''S OF ALTERNATESECTIONS DEFINING TWO BEDROOMS, THE STEMS OF THE T''S OF SUCH ALTERNATESECTIONS BEING CLOSED BY SAID FRONT WALL AND FORMING WITH ADJACENTPORTIONS OF THE ADJACENT PARTITIONS A LIVING AREA, THE CROSSES OF THET''S OF THE INTERVENTING SECTIONS REMOTE FROM THE STEMS THEREOF BEINGCLOSED BY SAID FRONT WALL, AND A PARTITION DIVIDING EACH INTERVENTINGSECTION CENTRALLY OF THE WIDTH THEREOF BETWEEN SAID FRONT AND REAR WALLSTO FROM A PAIR OF L-SHAPED LIVING UNITS, AND AN L-SHAPED LIVING UNIT ATEACH END OF THE BUILDING, EACH SUCH END L-SHAPED UNIT BEING DEFINED BYTHE ADJACENT END WALL, BY THE ADJACENT PORTIONS OF THE FRONT AND REARWALLS AND BY THE ADJACENT ONE OF SAID FIRST NAMED PARTITIONS.